Bill Text: MI SB0624 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Use tax; exemptions; tax incentive for sale of aircraft and aircraft components manufactured in Michigan; provide for. Amends sec. 4k of 1937 PA 94 (MCL 205.94k).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-25 - Assigned Pa 0054'09 With Immediate Effect [SB0624 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0624-Engrossed.html

SB-0624, As Passed Senate, June 11, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1937 PA 94, entitled

 

"Use tax act,"

 

by amending section 4k (MCL 205.94k), as amended by 2006 PA 18.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4k. (1) The tax levied under this act does not apply to

 

parts and materials, excluding shop equipment or fuel, affixed to

 

or to be affixed to an aircraft owned or used by a domestic air

 

carrier that is any of the following:

 

     (a) An aircraft for use solely in the transport of air cargo

 

or a combination of air cargo and passengers that has a maximum

 

certificated takeoff weight of at least 12,500 pounds for taxes

 

levied before January 1, 1997 and at least 6,000 pounds for taxes

 

levied after December 31, 1996.

 

     (b) An aircraft that is used solely in the regularly scheduled

 


transport of passengers.

 

     (c) An aircraft other than an aircraft described in

 

subdivision (b), that has a maximum certificated takeoff weight of

 

at least 12,500 pounds for taxes levied before January 1, 1997 and

 

at least 6,000 pounds for taxes levied after December 31, 1996, and

 

that is designed to have a maximum passenger seating configuration

 

of more than 30 seats and is used solely in the transport of

 

passengers.

 

     (2) The tax levied under this act does not apply to the sale

 

of parts or materials, excluding shop equipment or fuel, affixed or

 

to be affixed to an aircraft that meets all of the following

 

conditions:

 

     (a) The aircraft leaves this state within 15 days after the

 

sooner of the issuance of the final billing or authorized approval

 

for final return to service, completion of the maintenance record

 

entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test for

 

inspection as required under 14 CFR 91.407.

 

     (b) The aircraft was not based in this state or registered in

 

this state before the parts or materials are affixed to the

 

aircraft and the aircraft is not based in this state or registered

 

in this state after the parts or materials are affixed to the

 

aircraft.

 

     (3) The tax levied under this act does not apply to the sale

 

of an aircraft temporarily located in this state for the purpose of

 

a sale and prepurchase evaluation, or the purpose of prepurchase

 

evaluation and postsale customization, improvement, maintenance, or

 

repair if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

 


     (a) The aircraft leaves this state within 15 days after

 

authorized approval for final return to service, completion of the

 

maintenance record entry, and completion of the test flight and

 

ground test for inspection as required under 14 CFR 91.407 the sale

 

and the completion of any prepurchase evaluation, customization,

 

improvement, maintenance, or repair that is associated with the

 

sale, whichever is later.

 

     (b) The aircraft was not based in this state or registered in

 

this state before the sale and any prepurchase evaluation, or

 

prepurchase evaluation and postsale customization are

 

customization, improvement, maintenance, or repair associated with

 

the sale is completed and the aircraft is not based in this state

 

or registered in this state after the sale and any prepurchase

 

evaluation, or prepurchase evaluation and postsale customization

 

are customization, improvement, maintenance, or repair associated

 

with the sale is completed.

 

     (4) For taxes levied after December 31, 1992, the tax levied

 

under this act does not apply to the storage, use, or consumption

 

of rolling stock used in interstate commerce and purchased, rented,

 

or leased by an interstate fleet motor carrier. A refund for taxes

 

paid before January 1, 1997 shall not be paid under this subsection

 

if the refund claim is made after June 30, 1997.

 

     (5) For taxes levied after December 31, 1996 and before May 1,

 

1999, the tax levied under this act does not apply to the product

 

of the out-of-state usage percentage and the price otherwise

 

taxable under this act of a qualified truck or a trailer designed

 

to be drawn behind a qualified truck, purchased, rented, or leased

 


in this state by an interstate fleet motor carrier and used in

 

interstate commerce.

 

     (6) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Based in this state" means hangared or stored in this

 

state for not less than 10 days in not less than 3 nonconsecutive

 

months during the immediately preceding 12-month period.

 

     (b) "Customization" means any improvement, maintenance, or

 

repair that is performed on an aircraft that is associated with the

 

sale of the aircraft.

 

     (c) (b) "Domestic air carrier" means a person engaged

 

primarily in the commercial transport for hire of air cargo,

 

passengers, or a combination of air cargo and passengers as a

 

business activity.

 

     (d) (c) "Interstate fleet motor carrier" means a person

 

engaged in the business of carrying persons or property, other than

 

themselves, their employees, or their own property, for hire across

 

state lines, whose fleet mileage was driven at least 10% outside of

 

this state in the immediately preceding tax year.

 

     (e) (d) "Out-of-state usage percentage" is a fraction, the

 

numerator of which is the number of miles driven outside of this

 

state in the immediately preceding tax year by qualified trucks

 

used by the taxpayer and the denominator of which is the total

 

miles driven in the immediately preceding tax year by qualified

 

trucks used by the taxpayer. Miles driven by qualified trucks used

 

solely in intrastate commerce shall not be included in calculating

 

the out-of-state usage percentage.

 

     (f) (e) "Prepurchase evaluation" means an examination of an

 


Senate Bill No. 624 as amended June 11, 2009

 

aircraft to provide a potential purchaser with information relevant

 

to the potential purchase.

 

     (f) "Postsale customization" means any improvement,

 

maintenance, or repair that is performed on an aircraft following a

 

transfer of ownership of the aircraft.

 

     (g) "Qualified truck" means a commercial motor vehicle power

 

unit that has 2 axles and a gross vehicle weight rating in excess

 

of 10,000 pounds or a commercial motor vehicle power unit that has

 

3 or more axles.

 

     (h) "Registered in this state" means an aircraft registered

 

with the state transportation department, bureau of aeronautics or

 

registered with the federal aviation administration to an address

 

located in this state.

 

     (i) "Rolling stock" means a qualified truck, a trailer

 

designed to be drawn behind a qualified truck, and parts affixed to

 

either a qualified truck or a trailer designed to be drawn behind a

 

qualified truck.

     <<Enacting Section 1. This amendatory act shall be

retroactively applied to transactions occuring after June 11,

2009.>>

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